Early in the morning of May 18th, the Brazilian station of the World Women's Volleyball League ushered in the focus battle! The U.S. women's volleyball team played against the Brazilian women's volleyball team. Unexpectedly, the American women's volleyball team had no resistance and lost two games in a row in the face of the Brazilian women's volleyball team. The score in the first game was still close, and the score was 22-25. In the second game, the situation was a bit one-sided, and the Brazilian team actually beat the United States 25-16, which made people feel that the game was over! Kirari then led the team to fight back, and the effect was acceptable.
In the Olympic year, the Brazilian women's volleyball team, which has completed the replacement of the old and the new, has changed its mental outlook! More aggressive, more efficient in attack, and the traditional powerhouse continues to metamorphose, which is not to be underestimated.
In the third game, the U.S. team established an advantage at the beginning, Gabi and Anna led the team to chase the score and equalized directly! The U.S. team steadied the pace and continued to widen the gap. Gabi's attack at the fourth position was blocked, 16-21, and the disadvantage was already obvious. Gabi continued to attack, and the fourth position was blocked again, leaving a difference of 6 points. In this game, the U.S. team withstood the counterattack and won with a score of 25-18, chasing the big score to 1-2!
In the fourth game, Gabi continued to exert force at the end of the game to help the team win, 25-19, with a big score of 3-1! I didn't expect the U.S. team to be so vulnerable, and Kirary probably didn't expect such a situation either. However, the U.S. team has already secured an Olympic quota, and perhaps Kirari is testing the lineup right now, after all, he is very cunning......
This match day was wonderful, and the biggest surprise was that the Chinese women's volleyball team lost at a time when it shouldn't have lost, losing to Canada with a score of 1-3, and also losing 11.01 World Volleyball points, falling to 7th in the world rankings and 4th in the World League standings.
After the Japanese women's volleyball team swept Germany 3-0, they also won 3 consecutive games, but they had 8 points. It is not as good as Brazil's 9 points, so it relinquishes the top spot. Brazil reached the top with 9 points. The U.S. team is already in a dismal position, and the 2-game losing streak is indeed unexpected.
As for the world rankings, Brazil scored 7.17 points and continued to rank second in the world. The United States dropped to fourth, overtaken by Serbia.